Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <> | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.4.10 /proc/partitions | Date | Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:33:28 +0200 (CEST) |
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> > I also have this problem as mentioned before. > > The problem cropped up between 2.4.10-pre5 and 2.4.10-pre6, > I did some checking. pre5 is fine, pre6 is broken. > > >From what I saw, my guess is that > genhd.c and the gendisk rewrites might be related. > > Unfortunately have no time to look at it until mid-October- > any help appreciated.
I used to observe similar problem many kernels ago (2.1.x ?). Then it was related to a module not removing its gendisk from the list when unloading. The list became circular at its next modification.
Maybe something similar ?
> > major minor #blocks name > > > > 8 0 17692672 sda > > 8 1 32098 sda1 > > 8 2 32130 sda2 > > 8 3 4096575 sda3 > > 8 4 13526730 sda4 > > 8 0 17692672 sda > > 8 1 32098 sda1 > > 8 2 32130 sda2 > > 8 3 4096575 sda3 [...] > > the cat command never stop to list.
Andrzej
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